Safety appliance for trains.



No. 687,089. Patented Nov. l9.f90`|. [5

.1. v. vELAsco;

SAFETY- APPLIANBE FDR TRAINS.'

Y Y (Application led July 27, 1901.)

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UNTE STATES l PATENT OFFICE.

JACINTO V. VELASCO, KEYWEST, FLORIDA.

SAFETY APPLIANCE" FOR TRAINS.

SPECILFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent'No. 687,089, datedNovember 19, 1901.

Application tiled J' uly 27, 1901.

To all rv/"wm it may concern;

Befit known that I, JACINTO V. VELASCO, a citizen of the UnitedStates,and a resident of Keywest,'in'the county of Monroe and State of Florida,have invented a new and Improved Safety Appliance for Trains, of whichtl1e fol lowing is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and'im proved safetyappliance for trains to prevent a train from running off a track,especially when going around curves or over switches, the appliancebeing simple and durable in construction and readily applied.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification', in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure l is a' longitudinal sectional elevation of the improvement asapplied to a cartruck, the section being on the line l 1 in Fig. 2. Fig.2is an enlargedtransverse section of the sameon the line 2 2 Vin Fig. 1,and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the-guideway at the cross-A ing.

On a car-truck A of usual construction are arranged bearings B, in eachof which is mounted to slide verticallya support O, carrying at itslowerend a pivot D, on which is mounted to turn a shoe E, engaging a guidewayF, arranged between the track-rails, as is plainly illustrated inFigi?.V The guide- Way F consists, preferably, of spaced L-rails forforming a slot for the shoe E, the latter being provided on oppositesideswith friction-rollers G, adapted to travel on the webs of theL-rails.

By the arrangement described the shoe E. by traveling in the guideway Fprevents de-` railing of the car-truck, as the wheels thereof cannotmove offtheir rails, and the support C, carrying' the shoe, holds thetruck in a central position on the track, and thereby preven ts thewheels from leaving the trackrails.

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' Each support Oisprovided with an oil-cup yH for supplyinglubicant tothe shoe E by way of an opening C, leading from the olcup through thebottom of the support O to the top ofthe shoe E. the shoe Ehaslongitudinally-eXtendi-ng side grooves, which fit onto the horizontalmembers of the L-rails and'prevent'the shoes from It is understood thati jumping out of the-guideway F. The upper end of Veach support` isprovided with a head (32, adapted to restfon the top of the bearing Bwhen the shoe Ei'n'oves ont of. its guideway to prevent the support Ofrom dropping out of the bearing B.

By having two L-shaped rails forming the guideway F the opening thereofat a crossing is comparatively small, (see Fig. 3,) whereby the shoe isprevented from leaving its guideway at the crossing.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claimas new and desire tosecure by Letters a jshoe arranged insaid guideway and adapt-l ed totravel therein,"and a support mounted Vto slide vertically in a bearingon the cartr'uck, said shoe being mounted to turn at the lower end ofsaid siipport, as set forth.

2. The combinationwith a car-truck having 'guideways, of supportsmounted to slide in said guideways, shoes swiveled on said supports andeach having friction-rollers` on its sides, and a guideway formed byL-rails and located between thetrack-rails on the track, said guidewaysbeing engaged by said shoes, as set forth.

3. Asafetyappliancefortrains, comprising a Ysupport mounted to slidefreely in bearings on the car-truck, apivot held on the lower end ofsaid support, a shoe mounted to turn freelyon said pivot and havinglongitudinal grooves and friction-rollers on the sides of the shoe, anda guideway formedby L-rails and arranged between the track-rails, saidguideway being engaged by said shoe, as set forth.

4. A'safety appliance for cars and other Vehicles, comprising a guidewayarranged lbetween the trackrails,a shoe arranged to travel in saidgnideway, a support mounted to slide l In testimony whereof I havesigned my in a bearingon the car-truck, a pivot carried name to thisspecification in l[he presence ot' at the lower end of the support andon which I two subscribing Witnesses.

the shoe is mounted to turn, and means for JACINTO V. VELASCO.

supplying lubricant to the shoe, the said sup- Witnesses: port beingprovided at its upper end with a E. W. RUSSELL, head, for the purposeset forth. WVM. C. HARRIS.

